Hose reel



June 1, 1943- SOUTHER 2,320,477

HOSE REEL Filed March 18, 1941 3 Sheets-Sheet l June 1, 1943. B. F.SOUTHER 2,320,477

HOSE REEL V Filed March 18, 1941 3 Sheets-Shet 5 4/ 38 3/ 3.9 40 62 4830 FIG. 7

BENJAMIN l-T Sou THEE W attornegs 3nnentor Patented June 1, 1943 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE HOSE REEL Benjamin F. Souther, Seattle, Wash.Application March 18, 1941, Serial No. 383,941

12 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hose reel for the storage anddispensing of coiled hose and is particularly useful in connection withcollapsible fabric or fire hose that must be coiled for ready use andreadily uncoiled when occasion demands.

An object of the invention is the provision of an improved reel andstorage mechanism for hose.

It is another important object of this invention to provide a hose reelthat has a flange removable at the time the hose is to be uncoiled toassist and speed the operation of readying the hose for use.

A related object of the invention is to provide a nozzle of a hose thatis associated with the removable flange of a hose reel so that, when thenozzle is ejecting a stream of water, the reel flange may also serve asa shield for a person handling a nozzle.

Another object of the invention relates to the provision of valvingmechanism for controlling the flow of water to a coiled hose, whichmechanism is in turn under the control of nozzle means that willmaintain the mechanism inoperable so long as it is positioned in a casefor storage but will operate simultaneously with the withdrawal of thenozzle for use as such.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a selfdumping reel for coiled hose, which reel is prevented from dumping bythe placement of the hose nozzle in a socket.

Still another object of the invention has been to provide a novel hosenozzle arrangement that may be associated with valve operating mechanismto operate and open a valve simultaneously with the withdrawal of thenozzle for use whereby the hose to which the nozzle may be attached willbe supplied with water.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of novel hosecoiling means for replacing the hose after use in position for ready usein the future as occasion may demand.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description wherein I have described apreferred form of my invention that is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a face view of a hose storage cabinet forthe reception of my mechanism and showing the general arrangement ofparts therein,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the device asthough taken on the plane 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a medial sectional view through the nozzle of my invention,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view through the cabinet of Figure 2showing the nozzle partially withdrawn from its socket and illustratingthe dumping action of the reel,

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 6-8 of Figure 2,

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary and partially sectioned view of thevalve actuating mech-. anism, associated with the nozzle of myinvention,

Figure 8 is a plan view of the universal joint ring on which my reelrotates and pivots,

Figure 9 and Figure 10 are diagrammatic views of the operation of thevalve as actuated by the nozzle,

Figure 11 is a plan view illustrating the manner that the hose is woundon the reel and showing the operating mechanism for the reel, and

Figure 12 is a detailed plan view of the sprocket and universal joint ofmy hose reel.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like partsthroughout the same, the numeral designates a cabinet having a door 2|for closing its front opening. The cabinet has an interior wall 22provided with an offset portion 23 that divides the enclosed space andmounts the various elements of my device. Ordinarily, this cabinet is ofa size that will fit into the space between the conventional studs inthe Wall of a frame building and only protrude slightly from the wall inwhich it is mounted. The inner wall portions 22 and 23 are offset fromeach other and have a connecting web portion 24. In the web I provide apair of slots 25, 25 to give access therethrough for a chain hereafterto be described.

A feed pipe 28 is led into the cabinet and connects to the manuallyoperable valve 29 which has also a secondary lead portion 30 into valve3|. Water passing through valve 3| will flow through pipe 32 to the pump33 which is driven by the electric motor 34. The water under pressuresupplied by the pump 33 is conducted to the coupler nipple 35 that ismounted in the wall 23. A relief valve 36 in the pipe line between thepump and the coupler nipple, relieves excessive pressures on the systemduring times when water may not flow from the nozzle.

The stem 38 of the valve 3| has an arm 39 carrying the quadrant section40 on its outer end. This quadrant cooperates with the nozzle used inthis mechanism, and when moved thereby opens or closes the valve. On theopposite side of the pivot of arm 39, formed by the axis of the stem 38,is an arm extension H which cooperates with the crooked arm 42 todepress the switch 43 that is cut into the electrical circuit of themotor 3 5. Thus, when the arm 4i ermits the spring-pressed arm 32 torise under the urgence of the spring 44, the switch will close andpermit the energizing of the motor to cause operation of the pump.

On the outer face of wall 22 in the upper portion of the cabinet, Imount the plate L 6 which carries the rotatable plate 46a that has twooutwardly extending arms il, 41'. Plate 68 has an inwardly protrudingbushing or sleeve 48 having a side slot 49 for the reception of thequadrant section 4.9 of the arm 39. In this way the teeth of thequadrant will lie just inside the tube 48 and by reason or" the lengthof the slot it may swing in its arcuate path about its pivotal axis.

The arms 41, i7 mount diametrically aligned pivot pins 59 which engageinand support the ring 51 .for rocking movement in the manner of may beseen in Figure 12 and a sprocket chain U 55 also passing around thepinion sprocket 56, partially encircles the'sprocket flange d. The shaft51 of the pinion is mounted for rotary motion in the lower inner wall 23of the cabinet-and a crank 58 on the outer 'face of the wall isposivtioned" for ready manual rotation which will in iturnrotatethesprocket Stand the cone 53 when it is desired to coil hoseupon the cone.It will be seen that the chain 55 passesthrough the slots in the ofiset'wall so that the drive pinion is" enclosed and the cabinet'whenopened presents a neat' orderly; interior arrangement.

"A nozzle iiil-havingthe valve BI is also provided at its" outer endwitht hc annular teeth 62. When the shank of the nozzleisinsertedintothe tube or sleeve 48; the teeth 62 engage the teeth of the quadrantsegment and, as may be clearly seen'in Figure 3, swing the arm--39 in acounterclockwise directionthat will-close the valve 3i and prevent flowof'water intothe pump or outlet feed line. The function of the nozzle toswing the arm 3i) simultaneously swings the arm 4| which depresses thearm szef the switch 43 and opens the circuit of electric motor stoppingthe operation of the pump to increase the fluid pressure.

The valve member El is operable by means of the bell crank thumb lever64 which is rocked towards the closing position of the valve by means ofthe spring 65.

Aflange 66 forming the outer wall of the reel for the hoseis slidablymounted on the nozzle shank 60 and has a notch to permit it to slidewith relation to the handle 64. See Figure 4 where the dottedline'showing indicates how the flange or wall 66 maybe moved on theshank to maintain the handle 64 in a depressed position.

When the nozzle is inserted into its sleeve, the flange 66 is positionedinopposition to the flange 54' and,

in'con-junction-with the hub,

were

produces a reel about which hose may be wound as is indicated in thedrawings particularly in Figures 2 and 3. One simple manner of coilingthe hose on the reel is to fold it approximately in the middle and toslip the bend over the pin 59 carried by the flange 54. Then by turningthe reel about its pivot formed by plates 46 and 45a the hose is laid inneat coils for proper storage until its use is desired. In such caseswhere the inner flange 54 of the reel is formed as a sprocket, the reelmay be rotated by turning the pin through the instrumentality of thecrank thus simplifying the operation.

When the hose is to be used the nozzle is grasped adjacent the pointthat the hose is connected thereto and withdrawn from its seat in thesleeve 48. This outward movement of threads 62" causes the arcuatesegment 40 and arms 39 and 4! to swing about their pivots turning thevalve stem 38 to open the valve and permit fluid to flow under pressureto the pump 33. Simul taneously the switch 43 is closed by the contactsbeing brought together by the spring s4 which energizes theelectricalcircuit of the motor 34 to start the pump operating. In this mannerfluid under high pressure is supplied to the hose 70 which has fallenoffthe reel when'the outer retaining flange was removed due to theswiveling of the reel because of the universal joint.

The dumping operation is clearly disclosed in Figure 5 where the hose isshown a though it is just slipping on the reel'cone. As the hose fallsto the floor and uncoils the water flows into the loops and coils and afireman,.for example, who is hurrying to a fire, may run with" th nozzleinto his chosen position and upon arriving there have a head of waterunder pressure at his nozzle under the control of the manually operablevalve 6|. In this way is eliminated the necessity of having an assistantat the hose cabinet to turn on the water or for; the fireman'to drop thehose and return tothe cabinet .to open a supply valve as. is often thecase.

The manual valve 29 maybe closed when the hose is to be coiled so thatit may be drained and dried for storage.

The foregoing description and the accompanying drawings :are believed.to clearly disclose a preferred embodiment of my invention but it willbe understood that this disclosure i merely illustrative and that suchchanges in the invention may be made as are fairlywithin the scope andspirit of the following-claims.

I claim:

l. A hose reel comprising a hollow support member, a drum horizontallypivoted on said support member and having an aperture aligned with saidhollow support member, a tie member removably inserted in said supportmember and the aperture in the drum toalign the same to hold said drumin .a raisedposition on its pivot, a

hose coiled on said drum and coupled to a fluid supply line havinga'norm'ally closed valve pro vided with an operatingle'Ver having apinion segment, rack teeth on saidlti'e' member, said hose being alsocoupled to said tie member whichin its inserted position has the teeththereon meshed with the pinion segment of the operating means of saidvalve wherebyiremo-val of the tie member from the drum willautomatically swing said lever to open said valve and-permit the now offluid to said hose.

2. A hose reel comprising- 'a hollow support member, a drumhorizontally' pivotedon said uppo mber and-having an aperture aligned'with said hollow support member, a tie member removably inserted insaid support member and the aperture in the drum to align the same tohold said drum in a raised position on its pivot, a hose coiled on saiddrum and coupled to a fluid supply line having a normally closed valveprovided with an operating lever comprising a pinion segment, rack teethon said tie member, said hose being also coupled to said nozzle tubewhich in its inserted position is meshed with the pinion segment of theoperating lever of said valve whereby removal of the tie member from thedrum will automatically swing said lever to open said valve and permitthe flow of fluid to said hose.

3. A hose reel mechanism comprising a hollow support member, a drumhorizontally pivoted on said support member and having a centralaperture aligned with said hollow support member, a nozzl tube removablyinserted in said support member and the aperture in said drum to alignthe same to hold said drum in a raised position on its pivot, a hosecoiled on said drum and coupled to a fluid supply line having a normallyclosed valve, said hose being also connected to said nozzle tube whichin its inserted position is removably coupled with the operating meansof said. valve whereby removal of the tie member I from the drum willautomatically open said valve and permit the flow of fluid to said hose.

4. A hose reel mechanism comprising a hollow support member, a drumhorizontally pivoted on said support member and having a centralaperture aligned with said hollow support member,

a nozzle tube removably inserted in said support member and the aperturein said drum to align the same to ho d said drum in its raised position,a hose coiled on said drum and coupled to a fluid supply line having anormally closed valve, said nozzle tube in its inserted position beingremovably coupled with the operating means of said valve whereby removalof the nozzle tube from the drum will automatically open said valve andpermit the flow of fluid to said hose, and a slidable flange on saidnozzle tube co-operable in its inserted position with said drum toretain hose thereon and with the lever of the valve of the nozzle tubeto hold it in open position.

5. A hose reel comprising a hollow support member, a drum horizontallypivoted on said support member and having an aperture aligned with saidhollow support member, a tie member removably inserted in said supportmember and the aperture in the drum to align the same to hold said drumin a raised position on its pivot, a hose coiled on said drum andcoupled to a fluid supply line having a normally closed valve, said tiemember in its inserted position being removably coupled with theoperating means of said valve whereby removal of the tie member from thedrum will automatically open said valve and permit the flow of fluid tosaid hose, and a flange on the tie member co-operable with the drum toretain hose thereon.

6. A hose reel comprising a hollow support member, a drum horizontallypivoted on said support member and having an aperture aligned with saidhollow support member, a tie member removably inserted in said supportmember and the aperture in the drum to align the same to hold said drumin a raised position on its pivot,

.a hose coiled on said drum and coupled to a fluid supply line having anormally closed valve, said tie member in its inserted position beingremovably coupled with the operating means of said valve whereby removalof the tie member from the drum will automatically open said valve andpermit the flow of fluid to said hose.

7. A hose reel mechanism comprising a base plate having an inturned edgeand provided with a slotted bushing extending rearwardly from its face,a ring mounted for rotation in a vertical plane on said base plate andhaving opposed pivot arms outstanding therefrom, a centrally aperturedconical drum adapted to receive and retain hose coiled therearound, saiddrum being pivotally mounted in said pivot arms to dump hose onoccasion, a tie member having rack teeth on its end removably insertedinto said slotted bushing and through said drum and rotatable ring toalign the same to prevent dumping movement of the drum, said tie memberhaving a flange to cooperate with the drum to retain hose coiledthereon, and means including a toothed segment meshed with said rackteeth, said means operable upon the withdrawal of the tie member fromits inserted position to open a fluid supply valve to permit the flow ofliquid to the hose.

8. A hose reel mechanism comprising a fixed bushing, a ring mounted forrotation in a vertical plane on said bushing and having opposed pivotarms outstanding therefrom, a centrally apertured conical drum adaptedto receive and retain hose coiled therearound, said drum being pivotallymounted in said pivot arms to dump hose on occasion and having asprocket flange on its inner end, a tie member removably insertedthrough th aperture in said drum and said rotatable ring and into saidfixed bushing to align the same to prevent dumping movement of the drumand having a flange to cooperate with the drum to retain hose coiledthereon, means ope able upon the withdrawal of the tie member from saidcone to open a fluid supply valve to permit the flow of liquid to thehose, and means including a sprocket chain associated with said flangesprocket to rotate the conical drum.

9. A hose reel mechanism comprising an apertured plate mounted forrotation in a vertical plane and having opposed pivot arms outstandingtherefrom, a centrally apertured drum adapted to receive and retain hosecoiled therearound, said drum being pivotally mounted in said pivot armsto dump hose on occasion and having a hose retaining flange on its innerend, a tie member removably inserted into said drum and said ro tatableplate to align the same to prevent dumping movement of the drum andhaving a flange to cooperate with the drum to retain hose coiledthereon, and mean operable upon the withdrawal of the tie member fromsaid cone to open a fluid supply valve to permit the flow of liquid tothe hose.

10. A hose reel mechanism comprising a centrally apertured plate mountedfor rotation in a vertical plane and having opposed pivot armsoutstanding therefrom, a centrally apertured conical drum adapted toreceive and retain hose coiled therearound, said drum being pivotallymounted in said pivot arms to dump hose on occasion, a nozzle tubehaving rack teeth and re movably inserted into said drum and saidrotatable plate to align the same to prevent dump ing movement of thedrum and having a flange to cooperate with the drum to retain hosecoiled thereon, and a toothed segment associated with the rack teeth andoperable upon the withdrawal of the nozzle from said cone to open afluid supply valve to permit the flow of liquid to the hose.

11. A hose reel mechanism comprising a centrally aperturedplate mountedfor rotation a vertical plane and having opposed pivot arm-s outstandingtherefrom, a centrally apertured conical drum adapted to receive andretain hose coiled therearound, said d-lurn beingpivotally mounted insaid pivot arms to dump hose on occasion, a nozzle tube removably'inserted into the aperture in said drum and said rotatable plate toalign the' same to prevent dumping movement of the drum and having aflange to cooperate with the drum to retain hose coiled thereon, andmeans operable upon the withdrawal of the nozzle from said cone toopen afluid supply valve to permit the flow of liquid to the hose.

12. A hose reel mechanism comprising a centrally apertured platemountedfor rotation in a vertical plane and having opposed pivot armsoutstanding therefrom, a. centrally apertured conical drum adaptedto-receive and retain-hose coiled therearound, said drum being pivotallymounted in said pivot arms to dump hose on occasion, a tie memberremovabl-y inserted into the aperture in said drum and said rotatableplate to align the same to prevent dumping movement of the drum andhaving aflange to cooperate with the drum to retain hose coiled thereon,and means operable upon the withdrawal of thetie member from said conetoopen a fluid supply valve to permit the flow of liquid to the hose.

BENJAMIN F. SOUTHER.

